The Portland daily press., 1887-08-26
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

Harriet Beecher Stowe has written letter
to friend denying that she is in poor health.
She says that see Is able to take a long walk
every day and feels strong and hopeful.
New York has law forbidding the sale by
auctioneers of pictures under artificial light,
and Mayor Hewitt has ordered its revival.
after many years of neglect.
W. W. Corcoran of Washington, the aged
philanthropist, has almost recovered from
his paralytic shock Of some months ago, and
will soon return from the White Sulphur
Springs.
There are eight war governors" still liv-
ing, 1t seems, who have agreed to attend the
g. A. r. encampment at st. Louis. Among
them is Joel Parker of New Jersey, but An
drew. j. Curtin of Pennsylvania is not sure
that he can go.
Mrs. d. G. Croly ("Jennie June') has been
made President Of Mrs. r. P. Newby's
Women's Endowment Cattle Company. The
company has filed its certificate of incorpora
ton in New Jersey, and has a capital stock
of 81 400, 200, divided into 5000 shares of $500
each. The company has control of nearly
two million acres OF fine grazing land in New
Mexico, on which there are now 5000 head of
cattle. The stock is to be placed with wom-
EN- as an Enforcement for their children.
A. q. Wiseman, well known matchmaker
OF st. Louis, has been appointed inspector of
railroad timepieces by the Mobile and Ohio
Railway Company. 1t has long been known
that watches worn by railway men are apt
to become magnetized, and Mr.. Wiseman's
duties are to inspeet those of the Mobile and
Ohio, and when found so influenced t. cause
them to be demagnetized. To the magnetic
ing OF railway timepieces Is due not few of
the railway accidents which occur annually.
The French government has taken meas
ures to suppress the importation of manu-
featured cripples into the country from
Spain. IL is very common outrage for the
scoundrels who deal in these things to take
feeble young children and bind their lower
limbs under them so as to destroy the use of
them and then turn them out to beg in little
carts. They excite great compassion and
collect much money. The government has
ordered the projects In the southern depart
ments to prevent their entrance into France
Recently gentleman laid wager that he
would get an autograph out of Lord Tenny-
son, who is remarkably close in the distribu-
tion of his sign manual The gentleman sat
down and wrote polite note asking the no.
bic lord which, in his opinion, was the best
dictionary of the English language-Web-
ster or Ogilvie's. That will fetch him.
thought the man who set the trap. Did it?
by the next post came half sheet of note
paper, on which was carefully pasted the
WOIu Ogllvle," cut out of the correspond
ents own letter
AFTER many years Of retirement Blondin.
the most famous tightrope performer in the
world, has returned to the active pursu,t Of
his profession. Although an cid man, he is
said to be as fearless and graceful as of old
and is now giving regular exhibitions in
England. He. received the large sum Of
e300 for each appearance, and immense
crowds are attracted to his exhibitions. Ar
rangements for his appearance in this conn
try next year are now completed, and il is
settled that he is to arrive here early next
spring.